Not long after Li Zhilong left with the guards, a new round of Japanese attacks began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Bing, who had limited strength and artillery fire, could only use the same tactics just now.

The Japanese army suffered a large number of casualties through a short artillery attack, thus forcing the Japanese army to retreat.

This time, the Japanese army was clearly prepared.

After the artillery attack, before Xiao Bing had time to rejoice, the Japanese counterattack began.

The artillery fire of one company counterattacked two mountain artillery battalions, and the artillery fire of one company covered the second regiment with five different artillery fire.

Despite this attack, the shells that fell on the positions of the 2nd Regiment were very likely to miss and injure the remaining attacking troops in front of the formation, and the artillery fire of a wing of the Japanese army still shelled the positions of the 2nd Regiment for a full five minutes.

In the end, a Japanese infantry brigade was repulsed, but the 2nd Regiment also lost a battalion directly in the shelling.

Losing nearly three infantry brigades in a row, they still failed to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army.

The commander of the Japanese division, who personally commanded the battle, immediately became furious. However, he did not lose his mind.

Before leaving, although he received that the Liaodong Army south of Liaozhong would be wiped out at all costs, he also received repeated explanations from the commander-in-chief, Dashan Yande. In the battle, it is necessary to control the casualties of the troops, otherwise, if the Liaodong Army is defeated, the Japanese army will not have the strength to continue to fight the Liaohe battle with the Russian army, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

Also, in the eyes of the commander of the Japanese division, the reason why the Liaodong Army in front of him had such a high will to resist. A big part of it is that they don't know they're in the middle of it.

As long as the Liaodong Army in front of them knows that the Russian army is also attacking in the direction of Liaoyang, their morale will definitely plummet, and at that time, they will be able to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army at a very small cost.

In this way, because the Japanese army has its own careful thoughts, Xiao Bing, who has been fighting for several hours in a row, rarely encounters such a rest time. Of course, the cessation of the Japanese offensive also further increased his chances of holding out here until the evening.

At this time, the Russian army's offensive on the Liaoyang front line also began.

As soon as the five main divisions came up, they drew out a mountain artillery regiment and a field artillery regiment, and there was a burst of wanton bombardment for 10 minutes against the position of the first division.

As soon as the shelling ended, a regiment of Russian troops rushed up wildly, intending to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army at once.

But Wang Hu is not a vegetarian.

The sudden blow, although it inflicted heavy casualties on a battalion at the front.

But Wang Hu reacted quickly, and a new battalion quickly entered the position, preparing to block the Russian army, while the two mountain artillery battalions were also all aimed at the area where the Russian offensive troops had to pass.

Because the Russian army launched an attack with too many people at one time, and the offensive formation was too dense.

More than 30 mountain artillery guns attacked in just one minute, and hundreds of Russian troops were killed.

Hundreds more were wounded and lay on the offensive road, temporarily incapacitated.

Coupled with the fierce counterattack of more than one battalion of the defenders, the Russian army, which lost more than half of its losses by mountain artillery before it could make contact with the defenders, left most of the battalion corpses behind, and finally only 500 remnants of the soldiers withdrew from the battlefield in disarray.

There is no doubt that this result made the chief of staff of the Russian army, who commanded the operation, furious.

After the attack, without thinking about it, he ordered the artillery to continue shelling the already badly damaged positions of the defenders.

At the same time, in order to increase the power of the artillery bombardment, a heavy artillery regiment was specially added on the basis of the original two regiments.

"Lao Maozi, this is going to be desperate. With such heavy artillery fire, the front-line positions will definitely be blown up. Thankfully, we reacted quickly and were able to withdraw our troops in time. Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, they will not be able to withstand such bombing by the Russian army. Wang Hu was shocked and said with a happy face.

"Division commander, Lao Maozi's posture is not to take our position, we only have two regiments on hand, so we can't fight with the Russian army like this!" The chief of staff, who had just been promoted, reminded with a solemn face.

"Behind it is Liaoyang City, which we just took, and it can't be returned to the Russian army, right? Even if you can't fight, you have to fight! Wang Hu replied with a firm face.

Then, the tone of conversation changed, and he continued: "Of course, we are not without any support! ”

"We've been building defensive positions since we occupied here, and they've never broken it ever since."

"The Russian army is only attacking our forward positions now, and there are three stronger lines of defense behind it."

"With the strength and firepower of our division, plus three positions, we will definitely be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive!"

Wang Hu surrounded the three lines of defense and began to fight with the five main divisions of the Russian army.

The news that the Japanese and Russian armies had launched attacks one after another was finally sent to Yang Xingguo.

"A whole army of 100,000 people, flanking from front to back, attacking us together. The Japanese and Russian armies are planning to eat us in a war! Yang Xingguo frowned and said to himself.

Sun Liechen on the side had an expression of disbelief.

"If it weren't for the two divisions sending people to report, I don't believe that the Japanese and Russian armies would unite against us......"

"How long has it been since the Japanese and Russian armies have gone from being enemies of life and death to allies today, and it is hard to believe that what secrets are going on that we don't know?"

Yang Xingguo replied with a solemn face: "No matter what secret, sooner or later it will be exposed!" ”

"The 100,000 elites of the Japanese and Russian armies attacked us together, which is definitely an unprecedented challenge for our Liaodong Army. Now that this has happened, all we have to think about now is how to solve it. ”

Chief of Staff Sun Liechen's face quickly returned to calm, and after a short thought, he analyzed Yang Xingguo: "The first two divisions will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Japanese and Russian armies, and troops must be sent to reinforce them!" ”

"Zhao Zhigang's third division can only draw out one regiment at most in the Xinmin area, which is basically meaningless!"

"As for the Fifth Division under Yuan Lei, it has just been formed for a month or two, and it has no combat effectiveness at all, unless it is a last resort, this division cannot be moved!"

"After calculation, we can only transfer two regiments of Zhou Qiangsheng's second division and guard division, plus a heavy artillery division, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people."

Yang Xingguo replied with a solemn face: "More than 20,000 people can only reinforce one place at most!" “

"Yes!" Sun Lichen affirmed.

"If the limited reinforcements continue to divide the troops, it will be a taboo tactic to add fuel and vinegar, not only will it not be used too much, but it will also suffer heavy losses in the offensive of the Japanese and Russian armies, and the limited reinforcements will be consumed little by little!"

"Now we are more monks and less porridge, we have to make a choice, I don't know which side you plan to reinforce, Commander?"

Yang Xingguo frowned and after a meeting at the headquarters, he decided very decisively: "Reinforcement Liaoyang!" ”

"We just won Liaoyang, and the recognition of hundreds of thousands of people for us is not high. If we lose it to Lao Maozi at this time, even if we take Liaoyang in the future, it will be difficult to gain the hearts of the people of Liaoyang! “

"There is another one, compared to the Japanese army, the same five divisions of the Russian army are easier to fight!"

"Although we are inferior to the Russian army in terms of troops, we are equipped with more heavy artillery than the Russian army. It is completely possible to rely on the superiority of firepower to inflict heavy losses on the Russian army and repel them! (To be continued.) )